Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur scores brilliant 191 to torment Pakistan

Mushfiqur Rahim

Senior batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit a brilliant 191 to give Bangladesh an outside chance of a maiden victory over Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

The diminutive batter was the foundation of Bangladesh's first innings score of 565 - their highest Test total against Pakistan - and gave the visitors a first innings lead of 117. Pakistan were 23-1 at the close of play, with Abdullah Shafique on 12 and skipper Shan Masood on nine.

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The home team trail by 94 runs after making 448-6 declared in the first innings. Bangladesh, who have lost 12 of the 13 Tests against Pakistan, will hope their spinners can extract some turn from a Rawalpindi pitch that has been unresponsive so far.

Brief scores
Pakistan 448-6d & 23-1 v B'desh 565 (M Rahim 191, S Islam 93, M Miraz 77; Naseem Shah 3-93, S Afridi 2-88, M Ali 2-88, K Shahzad 2-90)

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